Coastal Concerts is pleased to announce that its two-time scholarship winner Maria Scott, 17, of Bridgeville, has been accepted by the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Scott used her first scholarship from Coastal Concerts to attend the Summit Music Festival in Purchase, New York in 2009 and the second scholarship award was applied to college audition expenses. Maria says, “Winning the scholarships gave me a boost to reach my goal of attending Peabody.”
She presented her senior recital at the Wilmington Music School on June 8. Her program included works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Rachmaninov and Scriabin. Maria has performed in Lewes at various Coastal Concert events, including the recent celebration of Coastal Concerts’ 50th performance celebration. She also represented Coastal Concerts at the Lewes 2009 Chautauqua.
Peabody was founded in 1857 and has an international reputation as a leading music conservatory. Maria will enter there in August as a piano performance major.
Coastal Concerts is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing classical music to the Cape Region. Through its outreach program, it has awarded scholarships to promising young area musicians for the past eight years.
